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Wireless internet service passes beta assessment and is now available in more than 100 locations across the UK

Head of the Government Equalities Office tells Women into Leadership conference that at current rate of tackling gender pay gap will not reach parity until 2050

Inclusive growth is the latest policy buzzword, and the government even has its own Inclusive Economy Unit. But what does it mean? Thomas Graham explains

Committee chair Bernard Jenkin says that Brexit will expose “where understandings are weak and where relationships are strained” in Whitehall

 IfG calls for expanded role for Major Project Leadership Academy, including “regular engagement” with ministers

Report predicts continued public sector pay restraint will lead to recruitment issues for employers of London-based, highly skilled workers

Study from techUK and Dods shows key obstacles becoming more – not less – entrenched

Move of civil service’s chief Brexit negotiator to the Cabinet Office will require new structures to be established with “time at a premium”, says IfG.

Former minister Francis Maude's attack on the civil service highlights what not to do if you want to improve government, argues former DWP permanent secretary Sir Leigh Lewis

Analysis by GMB finds public sector now employs less than 17% of workers, with civil service headcount dropping by 18% since 2010

Successful candidate will work with home secretary to shape role of new Commission for Countering Extremism

Philip Rycroft, the second permanent secretary at DExEU, will take up top post following Robbins's move to Cabinet Office

Tim Razzall tells Civil Service World he blames government for lack of vision on Brexit

Sir David Norgrove slaps down foreign secretary for "clear misuse of officials statistics"

In her first interview as permanent secretary of the Department for International Trade, Antonia Romeo tells Richard Johnstone about the progress already made, and the Brexit challenges to come, for this brand new ministry.

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

Department’s most senior tax professional announces retirement at the end of the year

Leader of the house claims government policy on the pay cap has already been “thoroughly covered” after Labour tables opposition-day motion

New document reveals plans to probe central government responses to previous high-rise fires and impact of any failings on west London tragedy

Agency says small firms make up two-thirds of businesses on £330m framework to supply Government Hubs Programme

Move part of scoping exercise for post-Brexit trading arrangements, MPs told

Amber Rudd responds to call from statistics chief to follow ONS in scrapping system that allows select people to preview official figures

Government has also boosted external recruitment into the civil service, with 38% jobs going to outside candidates

As the judge-led public inquiry opens on the three-month anniversary of the fire, legal experts call for a “repository of expertise” to build on lessons of past inquiries